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Start Here: Warhammer Painting Made Simple Welcome  to Jon Grant Miniatures This site is designed to help you paint Warhammer miniatures to a clean, consistent tabletop standard using simple, reliable methods. Choose your next step: If you’re new to painting: Beginner Painting Guide Painting Different Parts of a Model If you already have a faction in mind: How to Paint  Nighthaunt  (ghostly miniatures) How to Paint  Blades of Khorne  (Red armour and brass trim) See all faction painting guides Beginners Guides If you are completely new to painting miniatures, begin with these guides: How to Base Miniatures (Beginners Guide) How to Paint Cloth - Red (Beginners Guide) How to Paint Human Skin Painting Different Parts of a Model These guides show how to paint common parts of Warhammer models using simple, repeatable methods. How to Paint Cloth - Red (Beginners Guide) How to Paint Skeletons, Skulls and Bone How to Paint Skaven Fur and Flesh  (com...

Hobby Goals - April 2023

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( Red  items were completed this month,  purple  items in previous months) March '23                                                                                                        May '23 At the end of March, I decided that I needed to start working through my backlog of Warhammer Underworlds miniatures. I have stopped buying miniatures for other games, for now, and I am trying to get some warbands painted up before any more are released. As such, I began the month by painting three members of Grinkrak's Looncourt: Snorbo Da Spore, Moonface Nagz and Pointy Burk. While, I was painting these grots, I also painted a squig herder. For all the Moonclan grots, I used my How I Paint Moonclan grots guide. I then wan...

Army Collection - Oathmark - Orcs and Goblins

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I intend for this article to be a work in progress. Having discovered Oathmark a few months ago, I started to build an Orc and Goblin army. My choice was based around the fact that I have never had an Orc and Goblin army (although I have just started building a Gloomspite Gitz army). With this in mind, I started to plan a Kingdom for my army.  The first 550pts In the Oathmark rulebook, it recommends learning to play the game with a force totalling 550pts. This sized force can be built with one or two boxes of Oathmark miniatures, each costing around £25 but you can find them at a reduced price on the internet. The first purchase I made for the army was a single frame of Goblin Infantry from eBay. I immediately built these as miniatures as five Goblin Soldiers. The idea was to see if: a) I liked these models and b) to work out a paint scheme. How I Paint - Goblin Infantry   After finishing these five miniatures, I bought a box of Goblin Infantry and built another fifteen Gobl...

How I paint - Chaos Daemons - Daemonettes of Slaanesh

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How I Paint Daemonettes of Slaanesh I have been an enthusiastic fan of Daemons of Chaos for many years. As such, I bought the Wrath and Rapture box set a few years ago and painted up the Daemons of Khorne. The Daemons of Slaanesh, however, have remained on the sprue. This year, I set myself a hobby goal to paint more miniatures than I buy, so I am now working through my backlog. New to painting Warhammer Miniatures → Start here: Warhammer Painting Made Simple For other miniature painting guides → Faction Painting Hubs I wanted to paint my Daemons of Slaanesh in line with the descriptions from the old Realms of Chaos books. They have creamy, pale skin and large, emerald pools for eyes, but instead of hair, most have horny bone ridges. Instead of hands, their arms end in scythe-like talons, much like a crab's claw. These man-sized Daemons stand upon two legs that end in two-toed feet fitted with black talons. They have creamy, pale skin and large emerald pools for eyes. Instead of...